Residents whose flats were damaged have been offered temporary accommodation by neighbours Ghaziabad: A fire ripped through five floors of a residential tower at a housing society in Indirapuram on Wednesday morning, burning down eight flats. Fortunately, around 20 people on the affected floors and in the flats were rescued on time. Around 10 people…
Pune school headmistress was taken to Delhi on Friday for further questioning as part of the ongoing investigation in the NEET paper leak case PUNE: City-based school headmistress Manisha Havaldar allegedly reconstructed NEET physics questions from memory and shared them with a student, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed a city court on Friday…
Lucknow: In an upgrade to Uttar Pradesh’s cybercrime response infrastructure, director general of police Rajeev Krishna on Monday inaugurated the expanded cyber fraud mitigation centre and the upgraded 1930 Cyber Helpline Standalone 2.0 Centre at Kalli Paschim police lines in Lucknow.The upgraded facility now has a total of 80 operator seats, nearly six times the…
A 55-year-old woman, Ketki, was tragically killed in a suspected crocodile attack in UP (Representative image) LUCKNOW: A 55-year-old woman was killed in a suspected crocodile attack while returning home from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, with villagers recovering her body after spotting it clamped in the reptile’s jaws nearly 15 hours later.The…
Jal Shakti Minister, Swatantra Dev Singh Lucknow: UP govt has blacklisted construction firm, NCC, and third-party inspection agency, BLG Construction Services, and ordered a statewide safety audit after an under-construction water tank collapsed in Bareilly on May 4.The incident occurred in the Alampur Jafarabad development block, prompting immediate attention from Jal Shakti Minister, Swatantra Dev…
Ludhiana: Police have dismantled a sophisticated luxury liquor syndicate that allegedly refilled discarded premium bottles with cheap alcohol to sell at high-end prices to bars and vendors.The Special Cell of Ludhiana police arrested Manmeet Singh, a local bar employee, after discovering more than 500 empty bottles of iconic brands, including Glenlivet, Chivas Regal, and Hendrick’s…
Mohali: A jeweller was allegedly abducted and extorted of ₹5 lakh by a gang posing as police and CIA staff in Zirakpur. Three accused have been arrested, while two remain at large.According to the complaint, Gaurav Goyal, proprietor of MG Jewellers and a Panchkula resident, was at his shop on the Chandigarh-Ambala road around 3.50pm…
SRINAGAR: J&K authorities announced Friday detentions of six people under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for allegedly inciting “law and order disturbances” and “acts of vandalism” during a recent students’ protest in Kashmir’s Sopore.The students were protesting against a schoolteacher accused of molestation and later taken into custody.Police said Umar Akbar Hajam, Salman Ahmed…
Bengaluru: The high court Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of Dr Mahendra Reddy, who is facing charges of murdering his wife Dr Kruthika Reddy by administering an overdose of anaesthesia.The case came to light in Oct last year, nearly six months after Kruthika’s death. A forensic report detected traces of an overdose of anaesthesia in…
Hyderabad: Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) has improved its Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) rankings for the year 2026 for agricultural and similar universities. The rankings increased from 37th place two years ago to 19th place this time.“It is a matter of pride for us. We have been correcting several systems in place, putting…
